Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,517, Thomas Dodge, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Dodge Thomas
S. 43517
CONTENTS

43 517 INVALID. ✓ Rev
File No. 43 517
Thomas Dodge Assistant Secy of War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 182
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12,907 R
New York
Thomas Dodge of Camillus in the state of New York who was a Musician in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gilley — of the New Hampshire line, for the term of Three Years —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of June 1819 and sent to Squire Monroe, Judge Onondaga — New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10m \frac{16}{30} \frac{4}{31} — 85:29 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 — 48:
8 133:29
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Thomas Dodge time of entering service must be mentioned and the judge will certify that the information relative to applicants reduced circum- stances was inserted previous to his signature.
15 May 1819
Adm.
Town of Onandaga, N. Y.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Onondaga County, } ss.
ON this 15 th day of April — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Onondaga in said state, personally appears Thomas Dodge aged fifty six years, resident in the town of Camillus in the county of Onondaga and state aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War:"
That the said Thomas Dodge enlisted in the town of Surrey County of Essex — in the state of New Hampshire in the Company commanded by Captain Isaac Fairwell as Musician in a Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Bailey — in the New Hampshire line in the month of May 1777 — that he continued to serve in the said Corps, in the service of the United States, until the full end of the term of three years from the time of his enlistment aforesaid
when he was discharged from service in West Point state of New York — that he was in the battles of Hubbardton, Bemis-Heights, Monmouth, Newtown, and is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, } the day and year first aforesaid. }
Thomas Dodge
Squire Manro
I, Squire Manro, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Onondaga as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Thomas Dodge did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, and that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of his country for support pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Dated this 15 th day of April 1818
Squire Manro
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Onondaga County, } ss.
I certify that Squire Manro before whom the foregoing declarations under oath were made, and by whom the foregoing certificate was made, was on the day of the date thereof, and still is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Onondaga duly commissioned and sworn as such Judge, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity. I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, and know the foregoing signature to be his.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court, and my name subscribed.
Truman Adams Clerk

I Squire Munro Judge etc do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the within James Thomas Dodge is in Reduced Circumstances & stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for his support and that the Declaration in my Certificate within written in Relation to his Circumstances was made before and the time of enlistment afterwards Signature by me Dated May 27 th 1819. Squire Munro —